Coin-holder.



M. ELMR.

COIN HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4, 19l62 1,198,204. Patented sept. 12, 1916.

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MARTIN ELMR, OF HASTINGS, MICHIGAN.

COIN-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. 12, 1916.

Application filed March 4, 1916. Serial No. 82,096.

To all whom it Amay concern Be it known that I, ManriN "Erminia, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hastings, in the county of Barry and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Coin-Holder, of which the iollowing-is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to coin holders oi the type in which a box or casing receives the coins, and is provided with a spring to press the coins forwardly, means being prrr vided for removal of the coins in succession.

More particularly the invention relates to a coin holder of the. class referred to, in which a cover is pivotally mounted to swing in its own plane, whereby to dispiace the front coin and bring the saine to a. position to be grasped for the complete withdrawal of the coin.

T he invention is characterized also, by a. registering mechanism associated with the swinging cover so that the swinging of the cover operates the registering wheels.

The invention will be particularly described in the specific description following.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of a coin holder einbodyiiig my invention in a foi-1n to separately accommodate coins of ditlerent denominations; Fig. 2 is an end view thereof, one of the covers being shown closed and the other partly open; Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3-3, Fig. 1; lfig. 4 is a cross section on the line 4-4, Fig. 1.

In the illustrated example, l ha ve shown two containers, 10,10, which are alike ero cept as to their diameter, the one being adapted to receive smaller coins than the other. The containers, l0, 10, are preferably cylindrical and two of these, as in the example shown, may be held within a casing 11 stamped from sheet metal in two parts, each having a fiat central port-ion and sexni--cylirnlrical ends, the dat centra-l portions when the two casing members are pla-ced in position, being united by rivets 12 or other suitable means and constituting a web 11L between the two containers.

As the containers are alike, except as to diameter, it will suffice to describe in detail but one container. The prei'erably cylindrical body of the container is closed at one end by a cap 13 having a handle lfiand an inwardly extending flange 15 snugly fitting the interior of thecontainer. YAny suitable means may be provided to hold the cap in place, there being shown for the purpose, beads 1G struck np from the flange 15 and adapted to be sprung into slots or depres sions 17 in the body ot the container.

A compression spring 16 in the container abuts at one end against the cap 13 and is adapted to receive the coins A at its opposite end, whereby to press the coins toward the cover 19.

Each cover 19 is mounted on apivot 20, here shown as a, pin extending through a lug Q1 on the cover, and into sockets 22, formed by the web 11".

On the inner side o'; the cover is a del pending lug 23 adapted to engage the edge of the forei'riost coin A when the cover 19 is swung on its pivot "20, whereby to displace said coin laterally through registering slots, 24., 25, in the container 10 or 10, and casing 11. ln the closed position of the cover, the lag 25 is received in a recess 26 in the container. i

l provide a spring 27, here shown as a plate spring, to bear against the' cover 19, the sprin, l tending normally to hold the cover in the closed position and acting to return the cover to the closed position after an opening movement of the cover to displace a coin. Said spring 2T. is secured at one end to a pin 28 fastened to the web 11 or other fixed part of the structure, and it as a pawl to actuate a register.

The register includes a suitable casing 29 on the cover 19 and any suitable number of registering wheels, indicated at 3 0. On the spindle or arbor 31 of the initial registering wheel, a ratchet wheel 32 is secured with which the spring Q7 engages as a pawl. Thus. when the cover is swung to the open position as shown 'at the left of Fig. 2, thev spring 27 will turn the ratchet 32 to the eX- tent of one tooth; the reaction of the spring will close the cover 19, the end of the spring slipping over the ratchet.`

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A coin holder including a container having a lateral coin outlet at one end, a

'laterally swinging member adapted to engage and displace a coin, a register carried by said member, said register including a rntrlwt win-ri (u -zutmltc flic register :md :1 Hiring 'cngngiing the snif! nih-hrt- ;iiul :l'ling M tmfn tlw sume. by u vruin (liSplncin'g murcmrnt of tin' .snifl swinging! nwmhrr, suiil 5v spring exi-Ming pri-s511115 im'tliursziid Swing iig member uml 'zirting tu .ri-turn the sume ti-r :r ruin-displacing lirmimrlrt.

f'ul nml pivoter! to Swing intornlh-"fv 10 un Uw ruw-r tu engage :uul- Vlislililv laterally, :i -Hglstormmmtrd un unil spring nrting to return thc cmcr' tu its closed position. Y

In testimony whvrrof I have gigrmllmy.

vmimo tu this specification in thcprcscnc of two subsi-.ribing witnesses. 

